ArticleInternational journal of clinical pharmacy2014
Experiences of a community pharmacy service to support adherence and self-management in chronic heart failure.
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- A Review of the Role of the Pharmacist in Heart Failure Transition of Care.Advances in therapy · 2018Review
- Applying lean methodology to improve parenteral chemotherapy and monoclonal antibody documentation processes based on Normalisation Process Theory.European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice · 2018Article
- Role of the Pharmacist for Improving Self-care and Outcomes in Heart Failure.Current heart failure reports · 2017Review
- Self-care of long-term conditions: patients' perspectives and their (limited) use of community pharmacies.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2017Article
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- Exploring the implementation of a medication adherence programme by community pharmacists: a qualitative study.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundHeart failure (HF) is common, disabling and deadly. Patients with HF often have poor self-care and medicines non-adherence, which contributes to poor outcomes. Community pharmacy based cognitive services have the potential to help, but we do not know how patients view community-pharmacist-led services for patients with HF.
objectiveWe aimed to explore and portray in detail, the perspectives of patients receiving, and pharmacists delivering an enhanced, pay for performance community pharmacy HF service.
settingCommunity pharmacies and community-based patients in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Scotland.
methodsFocus groups with pharmacists and semi-structured interviews with individual patients by telephone. Cross sectional thematic analysis of qualitative data used Normalization Process Theory to understand and describe patient's reports.
main outcome measureExperiences of receiving and delivering an enhanced HF service.
resultsPharmacists voiced their confidence in delivering the service and highlighted valued aspects including the structured consultation and repeated contacts with patients enabling the opportunity to improve self care and medicines adherence. Discussing co-morbidities other than HF was difficult and persuading patients to modify behaviour was challenging. Patients were comfortable discussing symptoms and medicines with pharmacists; they identified pharmacists as fulfilling roles that were needed but not currently addressed. Patients reported the service helped them to enact HF medicines and HF self care management strategies.
conclusionBoth patients receiving and pharmacists delivering a cognitive HF service felt that it addressed a shortfall in current care. There may be a clearly defined role for pharmacists in supporting patients to address the burden of understanding and managing their condition and treatment, leading to better self management and medicines adherence. This study may inform the development of strategies or policies to improve the process of care for patients with HF and has implications for the development of other extended role services.
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